Union Pacific's Bailey Yard North Platte Nebraska
Bailey Yard is the world’s largest railroad yard and is owned by Union Pacific. After going through the visitors center I went up to the 8 story Golden Spike Tower. Sorry for the bad drone footage. The gimble malfunction and it was very windy. So I did manage to get some footage.
Union Pacific's Bailey Yard Part 1- North Platte, Nebraska
On August 5, 2017, Railroad Sign Productions went on a three day vacation. Where? North Platte, Nebraska to see Union Pacific's Bailey Yard from the Golden Spike Tower.
Part 1 of 3: The beginning is a view of the sand tower and the camera zooms out to see the engine shops and the west hump yard. Then comes a close up of the locomotives at the shop, followed by cars rolling down the hump to their correct trains. Then we see a coal train heading east and a full view of the yard again.
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Union Pacific's Bailey Yard, World's Biggest Railyard!
Thursday, June 25, 2015, 12 noon. Rick' last railfanning stop was Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, the world's largest railyard. He shot these clips from the Golden Spike Tower.
Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, NE 7-10-19
On a recent road trip I made a stop by North Platte, Nebraska to visit the Golden Spike Tower and UP's Massive Bailey Yard on the West edge of town.
These videos were all taken from the Observation deck of the Golden Spike Observation tower that overlooks the yard.
Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte is the largest
railroad classification yard in the world. Named in honor of
former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey, the massive yard
covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of 8 miles. The
yard is located in the midst of key east-west and north-south
corridors, making it a major component of Union Pacific’s rail
network.
Bailey Yard has 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks handling
14,000 freight cars every 24 hours. Of those, about 3,000 cars are
sorted daily in the yard’s eastward and westward yards,
nicknamed hump yards. Using a mound cresting 34 feet for
eastbound trains and 20 feet for those heading west, the hump
yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114
bowl tracks. Here they become part of trains headed for
destinations in the East, West and Gulf Coasts of America, as
well as the Canadian and Mexican borders. An average of 130
trains per day, carrying loads such as vehicles, coal, grain, corn, sugar, chemicals, steel and
many consumer goods, including electronics, apparel and other retail products are handled at Bailey Yard.
To keep UP's system moving, train operations and repair shops at
Bailey Yard are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The fueling and service center processes more than 9,000
locomotives each month, using technology like overhead cranes
and elevated work bays to maintain fluid operations.
On-site Car Repair
The on-site car repair facility annually replaces 10,000 pairs of
wheels, many identified through an in-motion defect detector
using ultrasound technology to inspect the wheel. This detector
was developed by Union Pacific and is the only one in the world.
Some wheel repairs even take place without the rail car ever
leaving the track, minimizing down time.
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Union Pacific Bailey Yard
**Bailey Yard**
Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., is the largest
railroad classification yard in the world. Named in honor of
former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey, the massive yard
covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of eight miles. The
yard is located in the midst of key east-west and north-south
corridors, making it a critical component of Union Pacific’s rail
network.
Bailey Yard has 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks handling
14,000 rail cars every 24 hours. Of those, about 3,000 cars are
sorted daily in the yard’s eastward and westward yards,
nicknamed hump yards. Using a mound cresting 34 feet for
eastbound trains and 20 feet for those heading west, the hump
yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114
bowl tracks. Here they become part of trains headed for
destinations in the East, West and Gulf Coasts of America, as
well as the Canadian and Mexican borders. An average of 139
trains per day, comprised of raw and finished goods, such as
automobiles, coal, grain, corn, sugar, chemicals, steel and
consumer goods, including electronics, apparel and other retail
products, are handled at Bailey Yard.
To keep America moving, train operations and repair shops at
Bailey Yard are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The
fueling and service center processes more than 9,000
locomotives each month, using technology like overhead cranes
and elevated work bays to maintain fluid operations.
On-site Car Repair
The on-site car repair facility annually replaces 10,000 pairs of
wheels, many identified through an in-motion defect detector
using ultrasound technology to inspect the wheel. This detector
was developed by Union Pacific and is the only one in the world.
Some wheel repairs even take place without the rail car ever
leaving the track, minimizing down time.
Union Pacific’s annual capital investments continue to enhance
operational capabilities at Bailey Yard, ensuring safe, reliable
and environmentally friendly transportation.
** Introduction per Union Pacific Railroad website**
This video was filmed from the Golden Spike Visitors Center
North Platte, Nebraska.
A PDF map of Bailey Yard can be found at :
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Union Pacific Yard at North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. July 3, 2014
Over 1 hours of Trains in the foreground and Cars being shunted over the Hump Yard in the background. After awhile there are close up scenes of the Locomotive sheds. The Video camera was left in the same position for the first 23 minutes, then moved to another location for a further 5 minutes. After that it was moved to show a close up of the UP Loco sheds and then back down to the Hump yard. Thereafter it moved around a bit
Union Pacific manifest east of the Bailey Yard, North Platte, NE
Thursday, June 25, 2015, 11:26 AM. A couple days after Rick's ride on the Georgetown Loop, he stopped Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, the biggest rail yard in the world. Here's a westbound mixed freight just entering the yard just east of the Highway 83 overpass.
Tour of Union Pacific's Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 2013
This video is showcases a montage of clips taken on June 28th, 2013, when NVRRP took a tour of Union Pacific's North Platte Bailey Yard-the world's largest rail clasification yard. In this video, we see the railyard from atop Noth Platte's wonderful Golden Spike Tower. Then we are lead into the Bailey Yard diesel locomotive facility. Here, we see locomotive after locomotive, each under its own state of disrepair. It is a very cool place for a railfan to visit and we reccomend exploring this railroad paradise during North Platte's Railfest, when alot of this stuff is a little bit more open to the public. Special thanks to Union Pacific shop employee Jeff Haddow for providing us with this inside look at the very heart of what has kept Union Pacific under operations for up to 150 years. Rate. Comment. Subscribe. ENJOY!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railroad Photography 2013.
World's largest rail yard and North Platte Railfest 2012
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The Union Pacific Railroad Museum
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Union Pacific in North Platte, Nebraska
A Union Pacific train arrives at the east end of North Platte, Nebraska's Bailey Yard.
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UP's Massive Bailey Yard
This was taken on a trip back in 2015. Short overview of the UP's Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE. This is the world's largest rail yard stretching over 8 miles (12 kms) long and over 2 miles (3 kms) wide. It has 2 hump yards, one in either direction. Each day there are over 130 trains passing through with over 14.000 rail cars.
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Railfanning in North Platte, Nebraska
Trains, trains and more trains in this exciting aerial trek across Lincoln County, Nebraska. Follow along as a DJI Phantom Quadcopter flies over the busiest freight rail corridor in the world with a GoPro Hero3 on board to capture all of the action in exciting aerial video footage. You'll see the highlights of North Platte, Nebraska's rail attractions - the Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center and the Cody Park Railroad Display, as well as the world's largest railroad classification yard - Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard, and nonstop train footage from the Sutherland pedestrian bridge and Brady's Buttermilk Curves.
Union Pacific Railroad hump engine pair come to stop @ Bailey Yard, North Platte, NE 9/21/13
Union Pacific Across Nebraska 2017
Silver Creek to Pine Bluffs on the Wyoming state line.
Modern Marvels: The Brain of the Rail Yard | History
The command center of a rail yard monitors thousands of freight trains en route to their final destinations. See how it work in this excerpt from Freight Trains. #ModernMarvels
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Union Pacific: Bailey Yard Scenes
Scenes from the observation deck of the Golden Spike Tower that overlooks Union Pacific's Bailey Yard. The largest rail yard in the world. Shot on August 20th, 2017.
Union Pacific 50th Anniversary Special (2)
Inside of Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE (the world's biggest railroad yard.)
This is Union Pacific 50th anniversary special excursion train from Council Bluffs, IA(Omaha NE) to The Bailey Yard, North Platte, NE on 11/13/10. The route is part of the original Transcon Transcontinental railroad.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD NORTHWEST EMPIRE 1950s OREGON & WASHINGTON STATE PORTLAND TACOMA 67714 MD
The Union Pacific Railroad sponsored this 1952 travelogue, Northwest Empire, to promote travel to and around the states of Oregon and Washington. The film highlights the places to visit as well as some of the region’s industries. The film begins with a shot of the waves of the Pacific Ocean crashing into the shoreline, streams, wheat fields, and vistas of mountains and harbors. The Union Pacific travels along the Columbia River (02:15), making its way to the city of Portland (03:08). The Willamette River runs through the middle of Portland; an aerial view shows Portland’s Union Station as well as more of the city. The Annual Rose Festival Parade takes place in Portland, featuring the Queen of Roses, marching bands, and various floats (04:22). The passenger Streamliner leaves Portland and heads east for Chicago, passing Multnomah Falls (05:13) on its way. The line also goes up along Puget Sound (05:59), passing Tacoma with Mount Rainier in the background (06:10). The film shows the city of Seattle (06:23), Seattle’s Union station, and the harbor (07:17), where products are loaded onto freight ships while fish are unloaded. Cars drive over the floating bridge on Lake Washington (08:00), which is a popular place of recreation, where people water ski and race speed boats (08:32). A passenger liner leaves Seattle’s harbor (09:19). The film then looks at some of the industries, including the energy industry, powered by the region’s many dams, including The Dalles Dam (09:37), Grand Coulee Dam (10:01), and the Bonneville Dam (10:34). Viewers are shown an aluminum plant (11:12) and the Tillamook cheese factory (11:53). The timber industry is one of the biggest in the Cascades. Men log the large cedar and Douglas-fir forests. A crane lowers logs onto a trailer (13:18); logs are milled with a band saw (14:00). There is an aerial shot of a lumber mill (14:27) and footage of a pulp mill making various types of paper. Oregon and Washington are also the home of many of the nation’s apple orchards (15:44) and berry patches. The film shows other agricultural mainstays, including wheat (16:32) with a particularly pretty shot of a wheat field with Mount Hood in the background. There are many famous mountains in the Cascade Range, such as Mount Adams (17:19) and Mount St. Helens (17:28). Tipsoo Lake is nestled at the foot of Mt. Rainier (17:49); the film treats viewers to panoramic shots of Crater Lake National Park (18:20) and Olympic National Park (19:17). A ferry boat services the San Juan Islands. A man digs for horse clams. A fishing boat goes out for commercial salmon fishing; two men pull in the pilot net and soon chinook salmon are brought aboard the fishing boat. Celilo Falls (21:50) was a cherished place for the Native Americans and people frequented the falls for dipnet fishing until it was flooded with the construction of the Dalles Dam. The Pendleton Roundup parade (23:09) in Pendleton, OR, celebrates the Native American and Pioneer heritage of the town; the festival is complete with a large rodeo. The film then shows some of the wildlife that call the region home: a trumpeter swan (24:31), sandhill cranes, cormorants, a baby blue heron, and a family of pelicans. A baby antelope lays motionless waiting for its mother (25:48); adult antelope race across the plains. The film ends with shots of Ecola Point (26:39), the Oregon Coast Highway (27:10) and the Heceta Head Lighthouse (27:36), clam diggers looking for razor clams (28:05), sea lions diving from a rock into the sea (28:28), whales breaching the ocean’s surface (29:09), and shots of waves crashing into the rocky shoreline of the Northwest coast.
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